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Word:
obedience
IPA transcription: [oʊb'idiəns]
Pronunciations of obedience
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
obedience, obeisance
Meaning:
the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
Usage examples
Obedience to her will was yet powerful within him.
Robin went to her--oh, poor little soul!--in utter obedience.
A prison is a convent without God-- Poverty, Chastity, Obedience Its precepts are:
He learned obedience both by the things that He did, and the things that He suffered.
The youth, with his manner of doglike obedience, got carefully down like a crone stooping.
In England they were invested with extraordinary powers, and in certain cases owed obedience to none save the Pope.
The storm exasperated him, the gale made him furious, and he longed to lash the obstinate sea into obedience. Poor fellow!
It was a breathless moment: perhaps no man really prayed, if some in a spirit of devout obedience made the effort to pray.
On the present occasion, however, she judged that the claim of James to her obedience ought to yield to a claim more sacred.
What was at first obedience to authority became a second nature, and the Parsees to this day abstain both from beef and pork.
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Pope Clement I
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Some Thoughts Concerning Education
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